Sanding device for railway-rails.



No. 866,504. I PATENTED SEPT. 17, 1907.

I. A. MAGORMAGK. SANDING DEVIGB FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED 1130.3.1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA A. MoGORMAOK, OF WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK SANDING DEVICE FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed December 3,1906- Serial No. 346,060.

and about stations where many trains are constantly moving, stopping and starting, with the object of providing a simple, compact and eflicient device for this purpose.

The device of my invention comprises a receptacle for sand, a spout therefrom, which when in use is downwardly inclined to deliver the sand, flanged railway rollers and means for supporting the receptacle and spout therefrom, a handle-bar by which the sanding device is pushed along over the rail, a cover providing for introducingsand into the receptacle, and a hand-grip and bail for lifting and carrying the sanding device bodily from place to place, or from one track rail to another.

The rail rollers I prefer to corrugate so that they become agitators insuring the feed or flow of sand from the receptacle.

In the drawing, Figure lisa vertical longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a plan representing the device of my improvement.

a represents the receptacle for sand. Thisis shown as cylindrical and provided with an inclined spout b and a cover 0, the cover being hinged at 2 to the top of the receptacle and comprising substantially one-half of the top and having at its opposite edge a snap 3 for securing the cover to the outer wire formed edge of the receptacle, and I provide suitable lugs, a bail d and a hand-grip a1 thereon. I also provide a handle-bar e, the lower end of which is received in a socket e which is cylindrical and at its lower ends secured to the top of the receptacle.

f represents a trunk-of about the width of the socket eof metal adapted to extend from the socket c to the spout b and include the same in its grip and therefrom to connection with the cover and side of the receptacle a. By means of this trunk the structure is rendered more rigid because the projecting spout as well as the handle are not liable to injury, as would be the case if they were separately projecting from the receptacle, but by means of the trunk they and the receptacle are so rigidly connected that the useful life of the device is thereby greatly increased and the structure rendered more serviceable when rigid. I

The outer or free end of the handle-bar 6 may be made in any manner desired, or it may be simply a bar to be engaged by the hands in any manner.

I provide plate arms 4 5 secured to the opposite sides of the trunk f at its forward end and said arms come at either side of the spout proper, they are secured to the trunk in any desired manner or by the bolts shown, and in their free ends they carry the flanged roller h. I also provide plate arms 6 7 secured to the body of the receptacle a, and which when the device is in use, occupy an inclined position to a horizontal line.

The flanged rail roller i is mounted in the free ends of said plate arms. These rail rollers h i are of sufficient length to receive a rail between their end flanges, or in other words, to set over the rail and engage the opposite surfaces thereof and by means of these rollers my im-" proved sanding device is supported upon a rail. Its position is maintained and it is pushed along over the rail by an attendant grasping the handle-bar e and the device in its entirety may be carried about from place to place, that is, from the place of storage to the rail upon which it is to be used, or from one rail to another by the bail d and hand-grip d I have shown and prefer to make these flanged rail rollers h i as corrugated or fluted, as by their use a vertical movement is imparted to the sanding device as the rollers revolve in passing along the rail. This movement agitates the sand in the receptacle insuring the feed or flow oi the same through and out of the spout onto the rail, the feed being uniform and the quantity of sand discharged is controlled by the extent of agitation and the aperture at the end of the spout. By means of this device the rails of a railway track at a station or in a yard may be sanded. wherever required and at places where trains are liable to stopand start, thus facilitating the brake action in stopping and traction action in starting.

I claim as my invention:

1. A sanding device comprising a receptacle for sand, an inclined delivery spout, supporting devices by which the same rests upon and may be moved over a track rail, and devices for manually moving the sanding device along the rail.

2. A sanding device comprising a receptacle for sand, an inclined delivery spout, supporting devices by which the same rests upon and may be moved over a track rail, devices for manually moving the sanding device along the rail and means for agitating the mass of sand to insure its delivery.

3. A sanding device comprising a receptacle for sand, an inclined delivery spout, supporting devices by which the same rests upon and may be moved over a track rail, devices for manually moving the sanding devices along the rail and other devices for carrying the sanding device bodily from place to place. i

4:. A sanding device comprising a receptacle for sand, an inclined delivery spout, supporting devices by which the same rests upon and may be moved over a track'rail, devices for manually moving the sanding device along the rail, means for agitating the mass of sand to insure its delivery and other devices for lifting the sanding device bodily and carrying the same about from place to place.

A sanding device comprising a cylindrical receptacle for sand, a cover comprising substantially half of the top of the said receptacle hinged to the cover and by means of which the receptacle may be filled with sand, a delivery spout projecting from one side of the said receptacle, which in a position of use is downwardly inclined, track rollers adapted to rest upon a rail, and plate arms forming bearings therefor and connected to opposite portions of the sanding device for supoprting the sanding device-upon a rail, and a handle-bar to be manually grasped in pushing the sanding device along the rail.

6. A sanding device comprising a cylindrical receptacle for sand, a cover comprising substantially half of the top 01 the said receptacle hinged to the cover and by means of which the receptacle may be filled With sand, a delivery spout projecting from one side of the said receptacle, which in a position of use is downwardly inclined, corrugated track rollers adapted to rest upon a rail, plate arms forming bearings therefor and connected to opposite p tions of the sanding device for supporting the sanding device upon a rail, and a handle-bar to be manually 151 grasped in pushing the sanding device along the rail, said corrugated track rollers serving to agitate the mass of sand and insure its delivery.

Signed by me this 27th day of November 1906.

IRA A. MCCORMACK.

Witnesses R. E. SLATER, H. S. BALL EL. 

